Mongolia – Capacity Development in Mineral Resources Economics of the Mineral Resources Authority of Mongolia (MRAM)

Country / Region: Mongolia / Central Asia
Focal Point: Mineral Resources, Mining

Begin of project: April 1, 2014

End of project: March 31, 2017

Status of project: May 7, 2018

Coal mine in Southern Mongolia Source: BGR

Mongolia is a resource rich country and its mineral resources and deposits are an important basis for the economic and social development of the country. The project aims at generating reliable data and information on the mineral resource potential and its sustainable development.

The project was part of the focal area on “Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources”, which was agreed upon in 2011 by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Mongolian government, and was designed as complementary BGR contribution to the parallel project “Integrated mineral Resources Initiative” (IMRI) implemented by the GIZ. The project supported the state mining authority of Mongolia (Mineral Resources Authority of Mongolia, MRAM), in order to increase their capacity as professional service provider for the Mongolian mineral resources sector and thereby complying with their mandate to regulate and promote the sector. 

Strengthening the expertise of MRAM happened in the classical three fields of activity of a mining authority that includes a Geological Survey: Evaluation of mineral deposits and occurrences, elaboration of regional or global oriented economic analyses and studies on Mongolian mining products, and the enhancement of the in-house data management by supporting the further development and extension of an integrated data management system (IMS), which will help to organize the mineral resource and mining related data as well as the management of exploration and mining licenses in a more transparent manner, less susceptible to any manipulation.  

Tools and methods to reach the project goal were mainly the provision of advisory services and capacity development to MRAM in the operative and personal area, especially as on-the-job Training and additional external and internal trainings and courses.

Project duration was about 3 years (2014–2017) and financial budget amounted to 1.6 Mio. Euro.

Technical Cooperation with Mongolia

Projektbeiträge:

• Iron Ore in Mongolia: Opportunities and Bottelnecks for the Economic Development of the Country – an Executive Summary (2016) (PDF, 3 MB) (for full version of study please contact the project)
• Annual Bulletin of Mining and Geology, Mongolia 2016 (PDF, 2 MB)
• Mining and Geology Statistics, 2015 Data (2016) (PDF, 851 KB)
• Mining and Geology Statistics 2015 mid-year data - MRAM (Mineral Resources Authority of Mongolia) (PDF, 1 MB)
• MRAM (Mineral Resources Authority of Mongolia) Information Circular 2015 (PDF, 1 MB)

Project products from previous project with MRAM:

• Rare Earths of Mongolia: Evaluation of Market Opportunities for the Principal Deposits of Mongolia. Technical Report (2013) (PDF, 2 MB)
• Gold in Mongolia. Overview of value chain from mine to fine gold jewelry (2nd edition, October 2012) (PDF, 1 MB)

Project contributions:

• Mongolia – Capacity Development of the Mineral Resources Sector in Mongolia II: Data management

Partner:

Mineral Resources Authority of Mongolia (MRAM)